Voices

This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:
Huge success.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
Aperture Science.
We do what we must because we can.
For the good of all of us;
Except the ones who are dead.

But there's no sense crying over every mistake
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake
And the science gets done and you make a neat gun
For the people who are still alive.

I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart and killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
And as they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you.

Now these points of data make a beautiful line
And we're out of beta we're releasing on time.
So I'm glad I got burned; think of all the things we learned
For the people who are still alive

Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa -
That was a joke. Haha. Fat chance.
Anyway, this cake is great:
It's so delicious and moist.

Look at me still talking when there's science to do.
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you.
I've experiments to run; there is research to be done
On the people who are still alive

And believe me I am still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm still alive.
I feel fantastic and I'm still alive.
While you're dying I'll be still alive.
And when you're dead I will be still alive.

Still alive; still alive.

- "Still Alive", GLaDOS (Ellen McCain) from Valve's Portal.

Hearing a computer-ish robotic voice sing songs can be rather disturbing. GLaDOS stands for Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating System... the content is also rather... weird. Singing about points of data fitting a regression line? The perspective - one fascinated with science, and cake, is rather unusual.

Good thing Robots isn't tested for Comp Science at mid-years. Still, I think I'm going to die for Comp Science tomorrow. Starting yesterday afternoon only was a... bad idea.

jk.